M&A Deal Summary

Digital Turbine Acquires Appia

On November 13, 2014, Digital Turbine acquired internet software and services company Appia from Trident Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Digital Turbine’s 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Digital Turbine’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Digital Turbine’s 1st transaction in North Carolina.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-11-13
Target Appia
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Digital Turbine
Sellers(s) Trident Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Appia

Durham, North Carolina, United States
Appia, Inc. is a provider of cross platform, open app store and content marketplace with a catalog of more than 140,000 paid and free titles and relationships with more than 32,000 developers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Digital Turbine

Austin, Texas, United States

Category Company
Sector Software
Employees754
Revenue 544M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Digital Turbine is a provider of software mobile solutions for wireless carriers. The company's products include mobile application management through DT Ignite, user experience and discovery through DT IQ, application stores and content through DT Marketplace, and content management and mobile payments through DT Pay. Digital Turbine is based in Austin, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 6
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 5
State: North Carolina M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-08-14 Logia Group

Herzliya Pituach, Israel

Logia Group Group operates in the market for mobile content and provides services, applications, and content to more than 30 leading mobile operators around the world. Logia offers end-to-end management of value-added services for mobile operators & large brands. Logia is based in Herzeliya, Israel.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-29 Creative Clicks B.V. - Advertisers & Publishers Business

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Creative Clicks B.V. - Advertisers & Publishers ("A&P") Business includes rights, title and interest in specified advertisers and publishers.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Trident Capital

San Mateo, California, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 1.9B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Trident Capital was a venture capital firm focused on investments at all company stages, from early and expansion stage investments to buyouts and recapitalizations. Trident focused on investments in tech-enabled sectors, including enterprise software/services, outsourcing and payments, healthcare software/services, internet/consumer, and energy/clean tech. In 2015, Trident ceased investing and the Firm's employees split to form Sunstone Partners, a growth equity firm, and Trident Capital Cybersecurity, a venture firm focused on the cyber security sector.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 70 of 86
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 7 of 11
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 52 of 63
State: North Carolina M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 66 of 81
Year: 2014 M&A 8 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-11-11 BrightRoll

San Francisco, California, United States

BrightRoll, Inc. is a programmatic video advertising platform for reaching audiences across desktop, mobile and connected devices.

Sell $640M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-01 Harver

New York, New York, United States

Harver is a volume hiring solution designed to help innovative companies around the world hire better, faster, and in a fundamentally fair manner. Global organizations, including mcdonald’s, booking.com, valvoline, and alorica use harver to digitally transform their candidate selection process into an experience that recruiters, hiring managers, and candidates love. Harver is based in New York, New York.

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